Lia's Guide to Winning the Lottery (2011)
“There are times in your life when it really helps to have a mum who’s in PR. I’d always wished she did something a bit more exciting or high-powered – Roo’s mum, for example, is a marketing executive for Capital Radio and Roo gets loads of really cool freebies. And of course Shaz’s mum is constantly rushing off in the middle of the night and delivering triplets who’ve got stuck.
My mum’s job was so dull that I never had anything to boast about. But that day she was a total and utter star.
By th...e time she got changed, there were five reporters and three photographers standing on the pavement outside.
‘If I know that Donna, she’ll have given an exclusive to the highest bidder,’ she said, ‘which is good news for us, girls, because all the other papers will be out to trash her.’ She opened the door. ‘Come on in!’ she said. ‘I bet you could do with a cup of tea.’ They all trooped up the front path and settled down in the living room while we ran around giving them tea and an entire packet of Jaffa Cakes.MoreLess
My mum’s job was so dull that I never had anything to boast about. But that day she was a total and utter star.
By th...e time she got changed, there were five reporters and three photographers standing on the pavement outside.
‘If I know that Donna, she’ll have given an exclusive to the highest bidder,’ she said, ‘which is good news for us, girls, because all the other papers will be out to trash her.’ She opened the door. ‘Come on in!’ she said. ‘I bet you could do with a cup of tea.’ They all trooped up the front path and settled down in the living room while we ran around giving them tea and an entire packet of Jaffa Cakes.MoreLess
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